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Women as Front Line Observers of Climate Change

Global Status of Women

Issue 9, May 2009


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Women as Front Line Observers of Climate Change Print

Indian activist Vandana Shiva has likened women’s role in the detection of climate change to that of a canary in a coal mine – in developing countries especially, they act as de facto testers of environmental health by virtue of their role in obtaining basic provisions for their families from the land.

  • They are the first to notice the decreased arability of farm land as crop yields go down and sand replaces soil.  
  • They are the first to notice water scarcity and water contamination. 

 

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